Verse List for GEN 2:16

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OET (OET-RV) and instructed him, “You can eat as much fruit as you want from any tree in the garden,

OET-LV And_ YHWH _he/it _commanded god to the_humankind to_say from_all (the)_tree _of the_garden freely _(eat) you _will _eat.

ULT Then Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “From every tree of the garden you may freely eat,

UST he instructed him, “You may eat as much fruit as you want to eat from any tree in the garden,

BSB & MSB And the LORD God commanded [him], “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

OEB The Lord God also gave the human this command: ‘You may freely eat from every tree of the garden,

WEBBE & WMBB The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

NET Then the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard,

LSV And YHWH God lays a charge on the man, saying, “From every tree of the garden eating you eat;

FBV The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,

T4T 16-17 But Yahweh said to him, “You must not eat the fruit of the tree that will enable you to know what actions are good to do and what actions are evil to do. If you eat any fruit from that tree, on that day your relationship with me will end. But I will permit you to eat the fruit of any of the other trees in the park/garden.”

LEB And Yahweh God commanded the man,[fn] saying, “From every tree of the garden _⌊you may freely eat_⌋,[fn]

BBE And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;

ASV And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

DRA And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:

YLT And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

Drby And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat;

RV And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
(And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou/you mayest/may freely eat:)

SLT And Jehovah God will appoint to the man, saying, From every tree of the garden eating, thou shalt eat.

Wbstr And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

KJB-1769 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:[fn]
(And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou/you mayest/may freely eat:)

KJB-1611 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of euery tree of the garden thou mayest [fn]freely eate.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And the Lorde God commaunded the man, saying: eating, thou shalt eate of euery tree of the garden:
(And the Lord God commanded the man, saying: eating, thou/you shalt/shall eat of every tree of the garden:)

Gnva And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Thou shalt eate freely of euery tree of the garden,
(And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Thou/You shalt/shall eat freely of every tree of the garden,)

Cvdl And the LORDE God commaunded man, sayege: Thou shalt eate of all maner trees in ye garden:
(And the LORD God commanded man, saying: Thou/You shalt/shall eat of all manner trees in ye/you_all garden:)

Wycl And God comaundide to hym and seide, Ete thou of ech tre of paradis;
(And God commanded to him and said, Eat thou/you of each tree of paradis;)

Luth Und GOtt der HErr gebot dem Menschen und sprach: Du sollst essen von allerlei Bäumen im Garten;
(And God the/of_the LORD commanded to_him people and spoke: You(sg) should eat from all_sorts_of_things trees in_the garden;)

ClVg præcepitque ei, dicens: Ex omni ligno paradisi comede;[fn]
(orderedque to_him, saying: From all wood paradise eat;)

UHB וַ⁠יְצַו֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים עַל־הָֽ⁠אָדָ֖ם לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר מִ⁠כֹּ֥ל עֵֽץ־הַ⁠גָּ֖ן אָכֹ֥ל תֹּאכֵֽל׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐνετείλατο Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἀδὰμ, λέγων, ἀπὸ παντὸς ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ βρώσει φαγῇ.

BrTr And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou [fn]mayest freely eat,